Deuteronomy 24:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.

KJV

¶ No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

WEB

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.

ASV

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

LSV

No one takes millstones and rider in pledge, for it [is one’s] life he is taking in pledge.

YLT

'None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it [is] he is taking in pledge.

DBY

No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.

DRC

Thou shalt not take the nether, nor the upper millstone to pledge: for he hath pledged his life to thee.

GNV

No man shall take the nether nor the vpper milstone to pledge: for this gage is his liuing.

JPS

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

LXXE

Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.Gr. this man.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לֹא־יַחֲבֹ֥ל רֵחַ֖יִם וָרָ֑כֶב כִּי־נֶ֖פֶשׁ ה֥וּא חֹבֵֽל׃

LXX-Br

Οὐκ ἐνεχυράσεις μύλον, οὐδὲ ἐπιμύλιον, ὅτι ψυχὴν οὗτος ἐνεχυράζει.

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Cross-references most cited first

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• Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
• Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
• Genesis 44:30So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
• Exodus 22:26–27If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am…

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